www.emuseum.jp<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember how Japan has a\u00a0cute mascot for everything<\/a>? I\u2019ve been getting a kick out of watching Torarin, the mascot of Kyoto National Museum, give tours and generally be a cute sumi-e drawn<\/a>\u00a0tiger all over the place.<\/p>\n Torarin\u2019s YouTube Channel<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n [spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\n Tokyo\u2019s iconic red-and-white Eiffel Tower doppelganger recently got the Google Maps StreetView treatment, so\u00a0now you can check out the observation tower above and the museum below.<\/p>\n Tokyo Tower Streetview<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Of course, after a day of touring the sights, you and your group would likely stop and grab a bite to eat\u2026 but that\u2019s a bit of a tall order right now. While many restaurants, ramen shops, and izakaya pubs are still doing business, foot traffic is way down, hours are shortened, and seating is spaced out (#socialdistancing). Chances are you\u2019re doing a ton of cooking at home in your cramped and slightly unfamiliar kitchen. We all have recipes for the food we know and love from our home countries, but when you\u2019re limited to the Sanwa or Life supermarket down the road, you\u2019d better learn how to cook like the locals. With that in mind, here\u2019s a list of YouTubers that can help bring that\u00a0furusato no aji (taste from home)<\/em>\u00a0into your kitchen<\/p>\n #japanesecooking on YouTube<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Online Sento and Onsen via YouTube<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember, this is just a small blip in time in the grand scheme of things; no doubt we will be getting back to business soon, albeit with some changes to make sure we can stay virus-free. And as soon as that happens, I\u2019ll be back with another\u00a0Let\u2019s Tour<\/em>\u00a0article detailing the situation.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every 2 or 3 months in this space, I write a piece introducing a community in Greater Tokyo and encourage readers to take a trip to check it out themselves. Perhaps the most challenging thing about the novel coronavirus pandemic is my missing these attractions. Since none of us can go at this time, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261,162,85,166,37,82],"tags":[409,47,45],"class_list":["post-4132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-family-friendly","category-miscellaneous","category-the-internet","category-tokyo-2","category-travel","tag-covid-19","tag-tokyo-city-2","tag-tokyo-metropolis-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50325,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions\/50325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kyoto National Musuem \u201cTorarin\u201d Channel<\/h3>\n
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<\/h3>\nVirtual Tokyo Tower<\/h3>\n
Bring the Izakaya home<\/h3>\n
Virtual Public Bath<\/h3>\n
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Perhaps the most missed facet of living in Japan during these challenging times for me is missing out on a soak in one of the various hot springs and public baths around. However, many of them are reaching out over the internet to make sure you can at least take in the experience virtually. Some of the more enterprising ones are also able to send you a bit of their mineral and herbal essences added to the waters for your bath at home; simply pull up their visuals on a waterproof tablet and get your relaxation on.<\/p>\n